Politics

Abortion rights take center stage in race between two women vying for Michigan governor Linda Ostrander has a dozen signs in her front yard supporting Republican candidates up and down the ballot, including Tudor Dixon, a former conservative news anchor running for governor. There’s one sign she won’t be adding: No on Proposal 3, the … Read more

Retardant coats a fire hydrant in Mandeville Canyon during the Palisades fire. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times) The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has fixed or replaced the vast majority of fire hydrants flagged for repairs in last year’s inspections after a long delay by the L.A. Fire Department in forwarding the … Read more

Electrical towers are seen from Eaton Canyon, towering over burned hillsides in Altadena on Jan. 15. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times) Uncomfortable truth time: The biggest reason California’s electric rates are rising so fast is that utility companies are spending billions of dollars each year to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires. Does that … Read more

Doris Anderson, 81, of Duarte tells U.S. Rep. Gil Cisneros that it’s “time for a John Lewis moment,” for Democrats to make “good trouble” over the Trump administration’s cuts to the federal workforce and possibly Social Security. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) About 20 minutes into a town hall in El Monte this week, … Read more

Harry Sawyer, election supervisor in Key West, was stunned when Florida officials sent him a list of 150 convicted felons to cut from county voter rolls in mid-1999. Among those named: an election employee, another worker’s husband–and Sawyer’s own father. None was a felon. “It was just a mess,” Sawyer said. More mess was to … Read more

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem takes the stage at the California Republican Party Convention in Burlingame on Saturday. Noem has been widely criticized for comments in her recent book in which she describes how she shot and killed her family’s 14-month-old dog. (Loren Elliott / For The Times) South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, once considered … Read more

Wesley Blake Edwards — better known as the kid brother of vice presidential nominee John Edwards — is scheduled to go on trial today in Colorado, answering 10-year-old charges of driving while intoxicated. Wesley Edwards has been arrested on numerous occasions for driving drunk. He has skipped out of court appearances. So, while he finally … Read more

President Trump speaks to supporters during a rally in Topeka, Kan., on Oct. 6. (Scott Olson / Getty Images) President Trump’s rallies have been compared to Grateful Dead concerts, not just because they attract hardcore fans who see themselves as part of a community, but also because they offer a rhetorical playlist that is at … Read more

Donna Arduin, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s lead budget advisor and an early conservative voice in the administration, has resigned and will leave office as soon as Friday, the governor’s office said. Arduin is stepping down after 11 months as state finance director, where she helped shepherd through the initial budget of Schwarzenegger’s tenure. She is the … Read more

Efforts to reform California’s correctional system for the young will go nowhere unless the state closes its prisons and shifts inmates to small living centers with intensive treatment and abundant staff, national experts on juvenile justice said Tuesday. Capping a year of scandal within the state’s juvenile prisons, the experts told a special state Senate … Read more